JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is publisher and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne). He appears on ABCTV's Offsiders.
He can be contacted j.t.h@footyalmanac.com.au
He is married to The Handicapper and has three kids - Theo11, Anna9, Evie8.
He might not be the worst putter in the world but he's in the worst three.
His ambition is to lunch for Australia.

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There was a three way error in the Geelong cards from the 1973 Scanlens issue.

The Rod Stokes card is actually Robert Whatman
The Robert Whatman card is actually Greg Lindquist
The Greg Lindquist card is actually Rod Stokes

A further error appeared on the Rod Stokes card in that they called Greg Lindquist “Gordon” so not only was the name wrong, it was even spelled wrong. So if you want to find a picture of Rod Stokes you need to find the 1973 “Gordon” Lindquist card.

This also happened to Footscray in the 1969 where:
Fred Cook is named Ron McGowan
Ron McGowan is named Fred Cook
Ivan Marsh is named David Thorpe
David Thorpe is named Ivan Marsh

In the 1981 South Melbourne cards Rod Carter is named Stephen Wright and Stephen Wright is named Rod Carter.

Rod Stokes made his VFL debut at the Lake Oval, Round 2 1971. One of 8 “first gamers” that afternoon – Stokes, Micky Woolnough and Warwick Yates for the Cats with Jim Haines, Russell McHenry and Ron Page making their initial senior appearance in Red and White.

Interestingly (at least for me) was the fact that both teams had debutants by the name of Peter Brown that day.

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